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What's
New:

Hang
Gliding: Campbell Field Airport is now the home to the
Eastern Shore Hang Gliding Center. Take a tandem introductory
hang gliding flight and learn to fly hang gliders. See www.SoartheShore.com
for all the details or call (757) 442-7519 to schedule your flight.

Notice: Courtesy car is INOP as of 11/20/09. Will be repaired
soon. Courtesy
Car: Flying in and want to explore the shore? We
are the
only airport on the ESVA with a courtesy car. Please print
and
complete the Courtesy Car Agreement
and leave it with us prior to using the car. The keys to the
courtesy car are located in the Pilot's Pub. The four digit
combination to the Pilot's Pub is the CTAF. The only thing we
ask
of the driver is that they replace the fuel used.

VAHS Article on Campbell Field: Linda Burdette, member
&
editor for the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society, penned a
wonderful article on Campbell Field entitled "75 Years of Rolling on the Grass".
(see pages 22-26)

Precision Windsports Article on Campbell Field: Precision
Windsports, the dealer for Airborne Trikes, came to Campbell
Field for a couple days of flying above the scenic Eastern Shore.
Read this article about their
adventure on the Eastern Shore.

Live
Webcam!
We have a live user operated camera mounted near the top of the old
hangar.
See what is happening around the aerodrome.

If
you want to see what is happening around Cape Charles, Va check out our
Live
Webcam mounted on the top of the Wilson Building in downtown
Cape Charles.

Did you know you can camp at
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Airport Updates:

9/1/2012
Soar-the-Shore 2012 is coming to Campbell Field Airport on October
25-28 (Thursday-Sunday). All PPG, PPC, Powered Hang Gliders and
Ultralights are welcome. And of course all general aviation
aircraft are welcome to fly in and check out the activities.
Activities include spot landing contests, bean bag drops, slalom
courses, and a pumpkin carving contest! RV's and tents welcome.
More details to follow.

4/1/2012 Soup-on-Sunday: First "SOS" in a while! Great turnout of 30-35 aircraft. Photos of the day are here.

3/29/2012 Prep for "SOS": I just sent out a mass mailing to
everyone one that "SOS" is this Sunday, April 1. Yes, it is April
Fool's day and I hope that you all don't think I am joking! I
have about 48 hours of cleaning and prep work to get the place
presentable between now and this Sunday, but overall the place is
looking nice. Already had to mow the field once, something that
normally does not happen till mid April. But I'll take this nice
weather anyday. I'll see you all this Sunday and that is NO JOKE!

10/20/2011 Never Build A Home: If you ever have built a home
you know what I am talking about. It disrupts your life for the
length of the build and requires your complete concentration and focus.
Combine that with a new baby and you have a double whammy.
So if you have wondered where the "SOS's" went and why this page
has not been updated in a while you have your answer. Just last
week we finally moved into the new home and while there is still a ton
of work to be done (we only have a temporary CO) my focus will be
shifting back to the airport and all the activities there. I look
forward to hosting the next "SOS" and appreciate everyones' patience.
By the way, little Charlotte is having a wonderful life and turns
nine months old in three days.

4/29/2011 Soup-on-Sunday: Very nice Memorial Day weekend
fly-in with 22+ aircraft on the field. IFR conditions and
haze in
other areas north of here might have kept a few planes away but I had a
great time with those that made it in. A beautiful collection
of
RV's made the trip, including one just out of production and still
waiting for paint. Ralph Capen flew in on his newly painted
RV,
a Southwest Airline inspired paint scheme. And our little
girl
Charlotte made her first appearance at a Soup-on-Sunday. All
in
all a great Sunday! See the Picassa album for all the pictures.

Ralph
Capen in his Southwest RV

Charlotte at her first Soup-on-Sunday, held by her grandmother.

A Piper Cub departing 9VG

4/1/2011 Spring Update:
"SOS" Schedule, Bieber Fever Hits the
Shore.

I know some of you are disappointed today as no airport hoax turned up
in your mailbox this morning. All I can say is I am sorry. I have just
been too busy with all the recent activity at the airport and quite
frankly just ran out of ideas. Over the past few months we have had
some intensive flight training happening here and along with the birth
of our daughter Charlotte, I have had little time for anything else.
Read below about our celebrity solo happening this afternoon.

After a winter hiatus “Soup-on-Sunday” will be back April 10th. We look
forward to seeing everyone back at the airport for some good food,
conversation and great aviation above the Eastern Shore. The airport is
in great shape and the runway is firm. I plan to host “SOS” weekly but
between the weather and my travel schedule they may be a little less
frequent. Please check the website for updates and if it does not say
“SOS” is ON then assume it is OFF. Please tell all your pilot friends
and let's make this summer a fun one at Campbell Field!

Later this afternoon an international celebrity with ties to the
Eastern Shore of Virginia will solo at Campbell Field. Sixteen year old
Justin Bieber, the YouTube sensation and now international pop
recording star has been training for his private pilot's license over
the past few months. According to instructor Ray Gefken, Bieber, who
turned 16 this past March is all set to take his first solo flight
later today.

His manager, Scooter Braun, was initially against Bieber learning to
fly, but after a visit to Campbell Field and some discussion with
instructor Ray Gefken he gave Bieber his blessing. His manager
commented that flying is a high risk activity and Bieber is a high
value asset but with the proper instruction the risk can be minimized
and aviation will be a good diversion for the young Bieber.

Justin Bieber's training has gone off without a hitch thanks in part to
the low stress atmosphere here at Campbell Field Airport. At any other
airport we would've had throngs of his young fans clamoring to get a
peek a Justin Bieber. Here he has been able to the train without the
pressures of stardom and concentrate fully on the intensive training
all private pilot's go through. In fact very few people have even been
aware of his training here and only a few hard core fans have shown up
to watch him fly. Justin's family has a home on the Eastern Shore and
the singer, who hails from Canada, has been visiting the shore during
the summer months for years.

Bieber has had a passion for avation since he was just a young boy, and
his frequent air travel has only heightened his interest in aviation.
Justin told me that a year or so ago he visited John Travolta at his
Florida airport home and flew once with Iron Maiden's lead singer,
Bruce Dickerson. Dickerson is not just the lead singer but Captain of
the bands private jet. Justin said that Dickerson really stoked his
interest to fly. His original goal was to solo on his March 1st
birthday but he was touring during that time. After he passes his
private pilot check ride Justin hopes to continue his training and one
day fly himself around the world to his concert engagements.

Due to his solo flight this afternoon the airport will be closed to
spectators. Please do not fly in or drive in as the local police will
have the area secured. I will have pictures posted on the website by
tomorrow of Justin Bieber's first solo flight.

3/08/2011 Bayford Road Cleanup:
A group of Boston
College and Holy Cross
students spent spring break on the Eastern Shore volunteering on
projects. The group of 15 or so spent over a day cleaning the
entire length of Bayford Road which runs past the airport.
This
is the second or third time we have done a group cleanup with them and
I am always amazed at the amount of trash we find. I estimate
at
least 100 bright orange bags were filled to the brim.
Fortunately
the Virginia Department of Transportation
(VDOT) supplied the bags and picked them up when we were done.
At
the next "Soup-on-Sunday" I am going to have a talk with all the pilots
and let them know that dropping all your trash from the aircraft when
doing your fly-by's is just not acceptable! Thank you Boston
College and Holy Cross!

3/1/2011
Winter Update: Another cold, wet, snowy winter on the Eastern
Shore. The airport has been in hibernation the last couple
months
with little activity. But I have been sidetracked with other
more
important matters, namely the birth of our daughter Charlotte.
At
this point "Soup-on-Sunday" will resume in early April. We
have a
planned trip to Florida near the end of March and expect to be back by
the first week in April. Hope to see you all out at 9VG soon!

12/31/2010
Happy New Year! I fully expected to host at least one
"Soup-on-Sunday" in December but then winter hit hard! So
adios
to 2010 and I am hoping for better weather in 2011.

12/30/2010
We lost an aviator, doctor and a fine gentleman, Dr. Nichols died today
at the age of 62. For over 30 years Dr. Nichols served the
people
of nearby Tangier Island. He would fly his Robinson R44 to
the
island every week and was known to many as Dr. Copter. For
more
info on his life's work and death see this Richmond Times-Dispatch article.

Dr. David Nichols at a recent "Soup-on-Sunday"

11/21/2010
Soup-on-Sunday: Another almost perfect Sunday, a little haze
moved in as well as a wind of 12-14 knots. But for late
November
it was a comfortable day and around 20-25 aircraft made the flight in.
While every aircraft is special we did have one that you just
don't see that much. It was a UTVA-66
STOL aircraft produced by the former Yogoslavia. With an
empty
weight of 2758lb and a usefull load of 4012 lb. it is an impressive
aircraft. Lots of photos of the UTVA-66 and the rest of the
aircraft can be found here.

Yogoslavian UTVA-66

Piper getting
a treat!

11/14/2010
Soup-on-Sunday: Perfect Day! Lost count of the
aircraft but
there were over 40 on the field, probably close to 45 total.
14
tons of chili was served and at least 10 aircraft could not get back
off the ground! Just kidding, but we did serve a lot of food!
I took some great photos and posted them in this Flickr set.

Dr. Nichols and family enjoying the perfect weather.

Flight of three Pipers over the field.

Do aircraft get any prettier than this?
Cessna 195 departing 9VG.

10/24/2010
Soup-on-Sunday: A great day for flying with clear skies and a
8-10 knot breeze right down the runway. We had 35-40 aircraft
show up today. A very relaxing afternoon! See this Flickr setfor
some great photos!

Bruce Raymond turns the smoke on!

Richard Baggett in his beautifully restored Piper Cub.

6/16/10
AOPA Flight Training Magazine: Ian Twombly did a short write
up
of places to go on the weekend. Campbell Field was on the top
of
the list! See AOPA Magazine (log in required)

5/30/10
Soup-on-Sunday: After a several month rain delay we were
finally
able to host an event here. With the field dried out nicely
and
the grass and trees turning green it was a perfect day for a "Roll On
the Grass"! Over thirty aircraft flew in and one Robinson R44
Helo.

4/1/2010 Happy April Fool's Day:

Preparing the Stock for "Soup-on-Sunday" with some bones
found on the runway! Happy April Fool's Day 2010!

Weirwood,
VA – Human remains and burial artifacts were discovered yesterday in
the middle of the airport runway. A Notice to Airmen has been issued
closing the field through April 8th to facilitate the exhumation.

The
remains were discovered by the current airport owner who attributes the
find to the record rainfall and widespread flooding at the airport. “We
had another downpour a couple of days ago and yesterday my dog was
doing her daily rounds of the airport and she came back to the office
with this enormous bone”, said owner Gordon Campbell. “I thought the
dog looked cute with this big bone in her mouth so I took a picture and
emailed it to some friends. One of the recipients was a doctor who
immediately replied that it looks like a human bone my dog was chewing
on. Now my dog has not been known to kill anyone so I thought there
must be some human remains nearby.” A walk down the runway led to the
area where the dog had found the bone. “The grave site is about 1000
feet from the southern end of the runway and exactly where the
threshold for the runway used to be”, said Campbell.

While no
analysis of the remains has yet been undertaken they are thought to be
those of Darrell Kellam, the the founder of the Airport in 1933, who
died in 1976. An old timer at the field remembers hearing that Mr.
Kellam had been buried here; “Years ago someone passed through and
recounted that Darrell Kellam had requested that he be buried at the
end of the runway. I never really thought much about it but I know this
airport was Mr. Kellams pride, joy and lifelong endevour. Darrells
blood ran through this place and I guess that's no longer a metaphor”,
commented Ray Gefken. There has been no further exhumation of the
remains out of respect for the deceased but some careful probing of the
site yielded a box containing burial artifacts. “There was a box of
artifacts that was buried alongside the body. A Piper Cub Owner's
Manual, a couple aviation books and a log book with Mr. Kellam's name
in it.”, said Gordon Campbell.

Speculation is that flooding over the years helped “float” the remains
to the surface.

“This
airport has quite a history and this discovery is just one more
footnote”, said Mr. Campbell, adding, “I always thought that when I go
it would be nice to be buried here. Since the south end is already
spoken for I'm happy taking the north end. At least I will be in good
company.”

A NOTAM has been issued closing the field to enable a
crew to carefully exhume the body. “I am going to do some research and
if Mr. Kellam wanted to be buried at the end of the runway we will
comply with his wishes but move the burial site to the present runway
end that is thankfully on higher ground” said Campbell.

Pilot's should call Flight Service at 1-800-WX-BRIEF for current NOTAM
information.

Piper with human bone found at 9VG Burial artifacts found at grave
site.Recent flooding at the
airport.

3/15/2010: It is with sadness that I report the passing of
two regular visitors to Campbell Field and "Soup-on-Sunday":

John
"Doc" Dougherty passed away on March 8th. He was 91.
Doc
was a regular at the airport with his wife Marian. Around
8-10
years ago Doc built a Kolb Firestar and just this past January Ray
Gefken brought it from Docs home in nearby Machipongo to the airport
and took it for a flight. According to Ray it flew perfectly
and
I think I overheard Doc saying that Ray flew it perfectly (but can't
confirm that). We will all miss Doc and his ever present
smile
and his kind ways. A memorial service will be held
on
Saturday April 10th, 5pm at the St. Charles Church in Cape Charles, Va.
Contributions in Docs memory may be sent to the Hospice
&
Pallative Care of the Eastern Shore, 165 Market St., Suite #3, Onancock
VA 23417.

Ray
& Doc at the airport this past January.

Doc with
his grandson greeting Ray after his flight in the Kolb Firestar.

Docs Kolb Firestar in flight.

William
Sprague,Sr. "Bill", a resident of Parksley, Virginia died on March
12th. Bill was a retired Captain for Eastern Airlines and a
long
time friend and advocate of general aviation. He sat on the
Accomack County Airport Board and was active in the activies at
Campbell Field. Desipite his cancer battle he was a regular
at
"Soup-on-Sunday" often with his friendly Great Dane at his side.
Bill was 85

11/08/2009 Soup-on-Sunday: Perfect day. See photos
at this PHOTOLINK. Write up will
follow.

9/17/2009
Kanye West disrespects this website: For a short time today
Kanye
West took control of this website. We are sorry for any
inconvienience thi may have caused you but fortunately there was no
damage other than to Kanye's reputation.

9/13/2009 Soup-on-Sunday

9/6/2009 Soup-on-Sunday:
After what seems like an eternity we had an awesome turnout
this past Sunday. We had between 35-40 aircraft fly-in and
one Coast Guard HH-60J (might be the new MH-60T) Helo with four hungry
souls aboard. According to USCG pilot Lt. Lance Leone, the
Coast Guard has not been a recent visitor to the field. He
might be right; the Navy uses the field often to train in their Knighthawks, the Army "Night Stalkers" have been in with
their Littlebirds, and the Marines have been spotted a few times here
in their CH-46's, but I have yet to see a
USCG helo here. So in these days of equal representation the
rumbling got a little loud and orders came down from up high to get a
USCG helo in here pronto! Their refueling mission (hot dogs
& chili) was a success and they were back on patrol in short
order.

USCG HH-60J refueled on hot dogs and chili.

In the fixed wing department we had
some beautiful planes fly in. They included a 2008 Aviat A-1C Husky, that was
enroute from upstate NY to NC, a 2001 Maule
MT-7-235 Super Rocket that was owned previously by the Civil
Air Patrol but will now spend it's time in the Hampton Roads area, a
beautiful 1953 Cessna 195, a 1929 Great Lakes Biplane that is a
frequent visitor and always a head turner, a few Bonanza's, both V and
straight tail, and 6-7 RV's.

5/30&31/2009 12th Annual
Festival of Flight: The Virginia Aviation Council just hosted
their 12th Annual Festival of Flight at the Suffolk Executive Airport
in Suffolk, VA. It was a wonderful event and as one of the
organizers I was grateful that we had perfect weather on Saturday as
over 350 aircraft attended the event. I would like to thank
the hundreds of volunteers who did everything from parking aircraft to
cooking pancakes to carrying out the trash. It was an amazing
coordinated effort of volunteers that made this event what it is and
will become. EAA just published a nice review of the event. The
EAA article also has a listing of aircraft judging results.
Photos and other post event info is being uploaded to
VirginiaFlyIn.org. Check out this video below of the event
that was produced by the Virginia-Pilot.

5/24/2009 Soup-on-Sunday:
After a string of perfect days the weather turned to only
marginal on Sunday. It was still very flyable all day but
rain was popping up on the radar in a few Virginia locations.
We had a good morning of flying tandem hang gliders but the
turnout for Soup-on-Sunday was very low. We were lucky if we
had ten aircraft show up. But ten aircraft is enough to make
the afternoon a fun time. In fact, I sort of like the smaller
crowds because it gives me a little time to interact rather than making
sure the food is warm and plentiful. It was also our first
full weekend of hang gliding at Campbell Field so "SOS" attendees were
able to watch a few tandem hang gliding flights. At least one
"SOS" attendee took a tandem hang gliding flight and had a great time!

5/23/2009 Hang Gliding:
Our hang gliding operation, Eastern Shore Hang Gliding
Center, is up and running at Campbell Field Airport. There
are no mountains to fly off of on the Eastern Shore so we use a method
called "aerotowing" to get the gliders up to altitude. We use
a powerful aircraft, called a "tug", to tow the hang glider off the
ground and on the way up the tug pilot looks for areas of thermal
activity so the glider pilot can release in "lift". If you
have not a rated hang glider pilot you can still enjoy the freedom of
flying hang gliders by taking an introductory tandem flight.
For all the details see www.SoartheShore.com.

5/18/2009 Kitty Hawk
Kites Hang Gliding Spectacular: After the Warbirds Over the
Beach show we headed down to Nags Head, North Carolina, on the Outer
Banks to watch the Hang Gliding Spectacular put on by
Kitty
Hawk Kites and held at Jockey's Ridge State Park.
If you have not been to the dunes at Jockey's Ridge you are missing out
on a spectacular sight. While you are there sign up for a
hang gliding lesson and soar the dunes!

5/17/2009 Warbirds Over the Beach:
The Military Aviation Museum, located
at the Virginia Beach
Airport hosted the first "Warbirds Over the Beach", of what will become
an annual weekend event. Despite the gloomy weather, the
event was attended by hundreds of spectators and hundreds of
re-enactors. The WWII re-enactors set up various true to life
WWII scenes along the lenght of the runway and the two massive hangars
hosted WWII vets signing autographs and a full stage with various
entertainers. Put it on your "must do" list for next year!

5/10/2009 Soup-on-Sunday:
Mother's Day brought a smaller than normal fleet of aircraft
into Campbell Field. Ten or so aircraft landed on this sunny
spring day and all enjoyed a perfect afternoon. I guess
Mother's Day duties kept most of you at home! I have embedded
a slide show of the day's events. Click on any image to view
the image in Picasa Web Albums.

4/21/2009 Soup-on-Sunday:
Another good turnout of aircraft at Campbell Field.
Twenty or so aircraft came in today and enjoyed a nice
afternoon. I have embedded a slide show of the day's events.
Click on any image to view in Picasa Web
Albums.

4/5/2009
Soup-on-Sunday: Sometimes good things take a while, and that
was
certainly the case with today's "Soup-on-Sunday". After a
long,
dreary winter of little activity here the fist "SOS" of 2009 was held
on a picture perfect day. A good part of the reason for the
absense was that I decided to redo the airport bathroom, and it was not
until I gutted the room that I realized what a project it would be.
Let's just say that over the years there have been many more
termites visiting the hangar than pilots! After a bunch of
late
nights I was able to pull it together enough to host the "SOS".
Work still needs to be done on the bathroom, including all
the
tile work, but it is a least functional.

The perfect
weather meant another record crowd (or close to it, I can't keep
count), many will agree that there were over 50 aircraft in attendance.
While it seemed that they flew in from all corners of the
world
it is probably more realistic to say that the Mid-Atlantic region was
well represented. The Van's Airforce of RV's was well
represented, as they often are. Just one mention on the Yahoo
Mid-AtlRVwing
group has them throttling up their aircraft. But I was
especially
impressed with all the locals that came out with the kids to enjoy the
nice afternoon and amazing sights.

We served around 160
hotdogs and 150 buns, yes, we ran out of buns! Apologies to
those
that had to eat a naked dog, but to make you feel better this was the
first week ever that I went without a hotdog! I'll make up
for it
next time.

We
had a number of photographers working today. I like that
because
I don't have to worry about getting good shots for this site.
Many thanks to Mike Likavec, Travis Faudree and Alex
Hrapunov.
Enjoy the pics below and I have listed several links to find
more
great pictures of the day.

4/1/2009
April Fool's Day: Someone here at Campbell Field Airport got
a
hold of the mailing list and issued a Press Release indicating that the
power lines at the south end of the runway were going to be raised 278
feet to accomodate incoming traffic. While I have no official
statistics it appears a few of you believed the tale, if not just for a
few minutes. If you did not get last years prank about paving
the runway, then you get some sympathy. But if there are any
of
you that fell for it two years in a row, well, maybe it is time for an
examination (of the head)! I was suprised how many of you
indicated that with all the FAA's beauracracy, they just might approve
something like this. Some of you asked if there was any
consideration given to departing traffic, missed approaches,
or
cost considerations. No, there was no consideration given to
those things because this was a joke that was thought up in about 30
minutes! Oh, and the photo, it was just pulled from somewhere
in
the far reaches of the internet! Good luck to you all next
year!

<Happy April Fool's Day 2009!<

2/7/2009
Winter!: It has been cold around here, seemingly
more so
than in past years. Maybe I am just getting old!
During
January I had a nice flight down to Florida for a couple of weeks.
I picked up Hang Gliding and Trike instructor Jonny Thompson
(he
works with Kitty Hawk Kites during the
summer) at Currituck and we had a tailwind most of the way down to Quest
Air Soaring Center, just west of Orlando. Airnav.com
did a great job of pointing out all the cheap fuel along the route
(paid a low of $2.44 at Ormond, Fl.), I might never see that again!
After bumming around Quest for a few days and getting a few
hang
gliding tows in I headed down to Miami for a few days then worked my
way up to Charleston, S.C., then to KVTA in Ohio to pick up our new
airport mascot, Piper! What was most amazing about the trip
is
that I had a tailwind on virtually every leg, you don't see that often!
Meanwhile the bathroom here at 9VG is a gutted miserable
mess!
Time to get to work!

Click this link for a current interactive
aeronautical sectional chart.Address:
Campbell Field Airport
9114 Bayford Road, PO Box 64
Weirwood, VA 23413-0064
Airfield is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (ESVA) in the
Weirwood Hamlet, Northampton County.
We are near the towns of Exmore, Eastville and Nassawadox Virginia.
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